Lovesick Blues/Are My Thoughts With You/Will You Love Me Tomorrow/Nobodys/Louise/Long Long Time/Mental Revenge/I'm Leavin' It All Up To You/He Dark The Sun/Life Is Like A Mountain Railway
For Silk Purse, her second album as a solo artist, Linda Ronstadt embraces a more distinct country sound which allows her to demonstrate her talent for some passionate and soulful singing. (US:103)
“While Silk Purse is anything but her greatest album, it does contain her (arguably) greatest song, Long Long Time. I don't think it would be possible for anyone to listen to her sing this and not feel the pain, the anguish, the desperation, of a young woman in love with a man who couldn't care less.”
“Silk Purse is my first choice record for Linda Ronstadt, it is rougher by far than any of her Asylum recordings, but is also a record that communicates pure talent, where everything rests on Ronstadt's voice and vocal abilities, and it delivers magnificently. Long Long Time is among the classics of both rock and country, a performance so steeped in emotion, it pours out of the speakers, from the first steel guitar note to Ronstadt's incredible finish. While there's nothing else on the album that good, it is far from just a one track release.”
“Linda Ronstadt was at her best as a singer and record maker before she developed a knack for either. This is pure talent set loose on a set of songs that were picked to showcase just that. Neither the clever arrangements or good playing get in the way of Ronstadt's voice as she brings passion and soul to these songs.”
“Silk Purse displays a heavy country sound in the arrangements and vocals, but the character is definitely unique, reflecting neither the Nashville Sound of late 1960s country, nor the rock influence in much of the country-rock movement. Two of the album's best defining features are Linda's confident, powerful and beautiful vocals, together with the incredible arrangements that surround each of the songs.”
“A sure-footed, wonderfully hillbilly outing of songs that lets Ronstadt try out different moods without suffocating her inherent sweetness. It's full of lovesick, heartfelt nuances and twangy guitars.”
“Silk Purse, turned out to be an extremely uneven album that Linda, in later years, would all but disown. There are reasons for this. Despite the presence of many fine songs, the musical arrangements are often quite inappropriate; and worst of all, Linda is trying too hard to sound like a hillbilly.”
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